Rochdale 0-3 Bradford City
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Bradford maintained their hopes of automatic promotion in League Two with a convincing, routine win at bottom-of-the-table Rochdale.
The visitors took the lead after just five minutes when Max Taylor fouled Harry Chapman on the left and Richie Smallwood's resulting free-kick was headed firmly home by Sam Stubbs, six yards from goal.
It was the first time a Bantams defender had scored all season.
Dale responded when Ian Henderson took the ball around goalkeeper Harry Lewis but was unable to squeeze home from a tight angle, while Lewis won a one-on-one duel against Abraham Odoh.
Scott Banks almost doubled Bradford's lead when he fired a 25-yard drive against the Dale crossbar.
After the break, Jamie Walker's header was cleared off the line before the Bantams scored their second in the 74th minute, Smallwood's free-kick headed into his own net by Ethan Ebanks-Landell.
And City struck again in the 82nd minute, Banks' deflected shot looping up over Richard O'Donnell in the Dale goal.
Devante Rodney was denied a consolation goal when he hit the post in the 90th minute for Dale.
Match report supplied by PA Media.